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TREATING AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE LOCATION OF PAIN TO IMPROVE INJURY TREATMENTS OUTCOMES
Conventional orthopaedical care is failing to address successfully injury treatment and offer only drugs and surgical interventions. Many patients resort to a surgery after physical therapy and chiropractic treatments.
Existing assessment and treatment protocols treat the area of pain and if you have a knee pain the knee will be treated. However, the cause of pain is likely to be outside the injured area.
National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) recommends the use of functional kinetic chains to evaluate injures and determine what links of the chain are not functioning properly.
In the last 12 years, I have been studying kinesiology and functional anatomy to develop a better understanding how to assess interconnected joints and muscles outside the area of pain.
For the last 8 years, I have been practicing my findings and they are producing successful outcomes, and help my clients to avoid drugs or surgical intervention.
When I treat a shoulder injury I assess the shoulder blades, shoulder joints, elbow joints and wrists. It is not widely understood that the shoulder blades must be aligned and interconnected with shoulder joints, elbow joints and wrists joints. If any of these joints does not have support of the shoulder blades it can lead to pain and injury to each these joints.
Mitch Lyons was diagnosed with two frozen shoulders and he was scheduled for two surgeries. After three months of functional therapy both shoulders returned to normal function and the surgeries are were not longer needed. To watch the video, click here.
